new rig

[qwert]

this is what im thinking of getting let me no if u think its any gd or if im wasting money

http://www.ebuyer.com

1 x Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £198.37
1 x Corsair H70 Hydro Series CPU Cooler For Socket Intel 775, 1155, 1156, 1366 AMD AM2, AM3 £57.83
1 x Asus P8P67 Pro R3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard £119.83
1 x XFX HD 6990 4GB GDDR5 DVI 4 x Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £445.81
1 x Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 2133MHz Dominator-GT Memory Kit CL9 (9-10-9-27) 1.65V £87.49
1 x Seagate 500GB Momentus XT 2.5" Hybrid SSD/HDD SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM £75.23
1 x Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case - No PSU £90.50
1 x LG BH10LS30 10x BD-RE with DVD±RW & LightScribe SATA Blu-Ray Drive - Retail Box with Software £66.65

Order Total £1384.84

[Welsh]

You building it yourself?

If so, I have the 5970 ATI card.....and had to upgrade my psu to a 750w one, so the 6990 is apparently more power hungry.

If you're not building it yourself....do it you lazy [b*stard]!

[qwert]

i always build myself and ive got a super psu so i ant got no worrys there

[umbongo(uk)]

hard drive fail there no faster (and seriously a 2.5 what u planning laptop swaps)plus dosent that board support 6gb transfer so why not a seagate 1 tb sata iii6gb
Intel® P67(B3) Express Chipset
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)
4 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (blue)
seagate 1tb
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/193712
samsung f3
you could get 2 for that cack n raid 0 the things (i got one when they were £40.00)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storag ... b-review/1

[HanZ]

gonna build one myself in a couple of months.

if you want to save a couple of bucks you could for the i5 2500k CPU, it lacks the Hyper threading which you only use (atm) for video editing and photoshop rendering.

if you want the fastest hdd out there you should check out the Vertex 3 (120/250GB)
else you're better off like umbongo said, samsung spinpoint f3 (2 x RAID 0)

as for the 6990 GPU card, isn't that a bit overkill for a single monitor system? I myself am thinking about the ATI 6970/NVIDIA 570 or 580 and upgrade in 2-3years. (or go crossfire a year or 2)

[qwert]

Do u think I should wait for one of these amd bulldozer CPU and as for ati I'm new to it all so I need help with that

[HanZ]

you'll have to wait untill June for the reviews.
it's hard to say if AMD is finally catching up with intel CPU's.

[Mr. Plow]

...and while you're at it burning cash why not add 2 more displays and take advantage of the 'eyefinity' feature? That's where I wanna go with my soon-to-built rig. I don't know what XFX have done with the 6990, but I read reviews stating that the noise level was through the roof. The NVIDIA equivalent (590) is being reviewed slightly better (+ the advantages of CUDA, 3D, PhysX and stuff) but it goes for both cards that adding a water cooling block would be the way to go.

6990 vs 590: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-g ... 49-15.html

6990 review: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd ... 36-16.html

As Hanz suggested - Buying a single card and upgrading later on should be something to consider (NVIDIA kepler GPU (late 2011/ early 2012) is supposed to be 4 times faster (very loose estimate - too lazy to find a source)

[Porky]

you dont need a new pc ya hacking git

[HanZ]

some reading material here

it starts off with a small guide of builds and where to order in US/UK... then 280 pages of discussions (+100 posts a day)

and if you're going to wait for the next line of GPU you might as well wait for the next CPU line (Ivy Bridge) too which will be released in first half 2012.